seems the Xiaomi Mi box is a reasonable compromise, approx $96 CDN with AndroidTV, although not as powerful as the Shield less than half the price.

Looks like a nice box, but the problem is, it's likely shipped from china. Last three items I ordered from amazon or ebay from china have never arrived though fortunately they weren't expensive items. Not sure if it's a canada customs problem or china or netherlands post but thinking I am done with orders that originate in china. Going to see if amazon and pay pal will refund my money, but either way it's disappointing. See though that there is one offering that is fulfilled by amazon though $40 more and subject to sales tax.

seems the Xiaomi Mi box is a reasonable compromise, approx $96 CDN with AndroidTV, although not as powerful as the Shield less than half the price.

Looks like a nice box, but the problem is, it's likely shipped from china. Last three items I ordered from amazon or ebay from china have never arrived though fortunately they weren't expensive items. Not sure if it's a canada customs problem or china or netherlands post but thinking I am done with orders that originate in china. Going to see if amazon and pay pal will refund my money, but either way it's disappointing. See though that there is one offering that is fulfilled by amazon though $40 more and subject to sales tax.

available from U.S. Walmart https://www.walmart.com/ip/Mi-Box-Andro ... about-item and NCIX Canada ($129.99) although back ordered http://www.ncix.com/detail/xiaomi-mi-bo ... 137781.htmthe Walmart one is made exclusively for Walmart as North American version, all others (also NCIX version, it's believed) is the Chinese International version (English, regular Mi's are in Chinese). as for China, i think it's customs, probably watching for Fentanyl, i finally got a small package after about 2 months (nail clippers) and it had been opened, currently awaiting another small, cheap item and it's been abot 9 weeks now.